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30 June 2018 00:00–23:00 UTC
EUMETSAT Science Blog
A sharp low level moisture boundary that stretched over the central Europe in June 2018, was well observed by both the SEVIRI Dust RGB product and MODIS 0.935 µm channel.
May–September 2018
Summer 2018 in much of Europe was characterised by prolonged heatwaves, leading to droughts in some areas.
20 March 2017 10:27 UTC
The March 2017 equinox happened on 20 March at 10:29 UTC.
19 and 20 November 2015
Two polar lows, which appeared off the coast of Norway in November 2015, could be identified using ASCAT winds and satellite imagery.
09 March 2014 12:00 UTC
High pressure over central Europe brought warm air from the south to much of western Europe.
19 June 2008 00:00 UTC
The Inter-tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) seen in ASCAT wind measurements in June 2008.
22 September 2016 06:00 and 14:27 UTC
In 2016, 22 September was the autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the vernal equinox in the Southern Hemisphere.
06 December 2016 00:00 UTC–09 December 23:45 UTC
Meteosat-8 and Himawari-8 observe night-time fog formation in northern India in early December 2016.
24 December 2016 03:00 UTC–4 January 2017 03:00 UTC
From 24 December and for more than 10 days, a thick fog invaded the Arabian Gulf countries resulting in limited night-morning visibility.
24 Feb 2020 15:00 UTC and 25 Feb 13:00–23:45 UTC
The Dry Conveyor Belt (DCB) is usually free of clouds in the mid and higher levels, so barely traceable on solar imagery, except in February 2020.
17 June 2015 22:00 UTC–18 June 05:45 UTC
A cold wave passed quickly over southern Africa after a passage of a cold front on 15-17 June.
3 May 2019 12:00 UTC–6 May 12:00 UTC
Wintry weather returned to parts of Central Europe in early May 2019, thanks to cold polar air plunging south.
